Harley Granville Barker (1877 – 1946)

Actor, director, manager

Harley Granville Barker (1877 – 1946) Actor, director, manager, playwright Stage Society, founded to circumvent censorship

Harley Granville Barker (1877 – 1946) Actor, director, manager Stage Society, founded to circumvent censorship Court Theatre

Harley Granville Barker (1877 – 1946) Actor, director, manager Stage Society, founded to circumvent censorship Court Theatre Barker-Vedrenne Management company: cheap productions

Harley Granville Barker (1877 – 1946) Actor, director, manager Stage Society, founded to circumvent censorship Court Theatre Barker-Vedrenne Management company: cheap productions 1000 performances at Court Theatre, 700 of them of Shaw plays, with Granville Barker in the lead

Harley Granville Barker (1877 – 1946)

The Voysey Inheritance (1905) Setting: both at home and at the office

The Voysey Inheritance (1905) Setting: both at home and at the office Inheritance: Edward Voysey’s inheritance Peacey’s inheritance

Stage directions: directed at readers as well as viewers

Drama becoming literature to be read

Mr. Voysey "splendid life's work"

Mr. Voysey "splendid life's work" "you have to cultivate your own sense of right and wrong; deal your own justice. But that makes a bigger man of you, let me tell you." (17)

Mr. Voysey "splendid life's work" "you have to cultivate your own sense of right and wrong; deal your own justice. But that makes a bigger man of you, let me tell you." (17) Beatrice: "a great financier.. a man of imagination. He had to find scope for his abilities, or die.” (122)

Alice: "You've no right to your money. You've not earned it or deserved it in any way. Therefore, don't be surprised or annoyed if any enterprising person tries to get it from you. He has at least as much right to it as you have.. if he can use it better, he has more right.” (74)

Booth: "I like to feel that my money is doing some good in the world. These mines are very useful things, and forty-two per cent is pleasing." (40)

Alice’s inheritance (400 per year)

Beatrice married Hugh for his money

Alice’s inheritance (400 per year) Beatrice married Hugh for his money Ethel wants check for wedding

Alice’s inheritance (400 per year) Beatrice married Hugh for his money Ethel wants check for wedding Peasey wants cash in envelop

Preferred stock (Alguazils preferred)

Preferred shares (Alguazils preferred) Atherley Trust

Preferred shares (Alguazils preferred) Atherley Trust 4 ½ percent (government bonds)

Preferred shares (Alguazils preferred) Atherley Trust 4 ½ percent (government bonds) Land lease

Preferred shares (Alguazils preferred) Atherley Trust 4 ½ percent (government bonds) Land lease Mortages

Trust Edward. The Atherley Trust. Mr. Voysey. Quite so. Edward. [With one accusing glance.] Trust.

Trust Edward: "How long has it been going on? Why didn't you tell me before? Oh, I know you thought you'd pull through; but I'm your partner.. don't' think I mean to shirk that, father. Perhaps I ought to have discovered, but those affairs were always in your hand. I trusted.. I beg your pardon. Oh, it's us.. not you. Everyone has trusted us.

Trust Edward: "How long has it been going on? Why didn't you tell me before? Oh, I know you thought you'd pull through; but I'm your partner.. don't' think I mean to shirk that, father. Perhaps I ought to have discovered, but those affairs were always in your hand. I trusted.. I beg your pardon. Oh, it's us.. not you. Everyone has trusted us.

Trust Booth: "Considering how absolutely I trusted your father, and believed in him, I think you should at once return me the balance of my capital that there is left.” (105)

Trust Booth: "Considering how absolutely I trusted your father, and believed in him, I think you should at once return me the balance of my capital that there is left.” (105)

Confidence Mr. Voysey: “What has carried me to victory? The confidence of my clients. What has earned that confidence? A decent life, my integrity, my brains? No, my reputation for wealth.. that, and nothing else. Business now-a-days is run on the lines of the confidence trick... And if one is not opulent in one's daily life one loses that wonderful.. financier's touch. One must be confident oneself."

Confidence Mr. Voysey: “What has carried me to victory? The confidence of my clients. What has earned that confidence? A decent life, my integrity, my brains? No, my reputation for wealth.. that, and nothing else. Business now-a-days is run on the lines of the confidence trick... And if one is not opulent in one's daily life one loses that wonderful.. financier's touch. One must be confident oneself."

Confidence Mr. Booth: "Too many principles, as I said just now. Men have confidence in a personality, not in principles. Where would you be without the confidence of your clients?" (41)

Confidence Mr. Booth: "Too many principles, as I said just now. Men have confidence in a personality, not in principles. Where would you be without the confidence of your clients?" (41) "I have never been able to feel that implicit confidence in your ability which I had in your father's.” (93)

Risk

Interest

Risk Interest Debt

Risk Interest Debt Mr. Voysey: "Never deliver goods to the Church on credit”

Risk Interest Debt Mr. Voysey: "Never deliver goods to the Church on credit” Tax

Hugh: “another currency”

Edward’s moral education

Production history 1999 Revived by Mint Theater Company, NYC

Production history 1999 Revived by Mint Theater Company, NYC 2006 Adapted and revived by David Mamet, Atlantic Theater Company

Production history 1999 Revived by Mint Theater Company, NYC 2006 Adapted and revived by David Mamet, Atlantic Theater Company Mamet cuts the play down to two acts, modernizes language, right before the financial crisis